• Title
  Voyage a Bathurst (nouv. holl.), Une vue de Prospect Hill, Maison de Camp de M. Lawson, 1819 / by J. Alphonse Pellion
• Creator
  Alphonse Pellion
• Call number
  SV/302
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1819
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  1328010
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - watercolour and ink - 19.8 x 27.6 cm. (image), 23.2 x 30 cm. (paper)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Alphonse Pellion was a mid-shipman on board the French vessel L'Uraine, commanded by Louis de Freycinet, during its round the world trip between 1817 and 1820.
  
  Reference:
  Library file.
• Collection history
  Baron de Freycinet Collection in France, thence by descent. Phillip Greenwood, Adelaide. Private Collection, Melbourne (1990s). Thence by descent.
• Scope and Content
  A view of Prospect Hill, New South Wales, property of William Lawson, 1819, by Frenchman J. Alphonse Pellion (1776-1868). The watercolour and ink drawing is on watermarked Montgolfier paper. There is a pencil inscription along the lower edge, below the image, 'Voyage a Bathurst (nouv. holl.), Une vue de Prospect Hill, Maison de Camp de M. Lawson'.
  
  The scene depicts a rural residence, surrounded by the cleared, fenced and cultivated fields on the estate of soldier, surveyor, explorer and pastoralist, William Lawson (1774-1850).
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Digital order no:c041970001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled at lower edge
• Date note
  
  Undated.
  J. Alphonse Pellion was a midshipman and naval draughtsman attached to the expedition of Louis de Freycinet. The expedition was in Sydney from 18 November to 25 December, 1819.
• Name
  Freycinet, Louis de, 1779-1842
  Lawson, William, 1774-1850
  
• Subject
  Pastoral properties.
  Prospect (N.S.W.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  landscapes (views)
  farms
  pioneers
  pioneer bush life
  homesteads
  bush
  land clearing (activities)
  
• Place
  Prospect (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3320254

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